Electoral Bonds

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">It's our 50th episode! And we are looking at a thoroughly unconstitutional affair: electoral bonds! This episode of The Longest Constitution looks into how in the name of transparency, the BJP government introduced unaccountable crores into Indian elections. We also look at other sinister matters, such as 69A of the IT Act which allows the government to block public access to an intermediary. Finally, we continue with our slow and steady study of the PIL and how it led to the Supreme Court turning into an order-passing institution, rather than following its constitutional mandate of interpreting the Constitution.</p><p>On electoral bonds:</p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/11/25/electoral-bonds-safeguards-of-indian-democracy-are-crumbling-pub-80428" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/11/25/electoral-bonds-safeguards-of-indian-democracy-are-crumbling-pub-80428</a></u></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/power-to-the-rich-india-needs-to-talk-about-money-in-politics/story-fIX0iZ32V7bzkMlZIP6xlK.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/power-to-the-rich-india-needs-to-talk-about-money-in-politics/story-fIX0iZ32V7bzkMlZIP6xlK.html</a></u></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/electoral-bonds-delhi-elections-rti_in_5e44eafcc5b62b85f82eac4d" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/electoral-bonds-delhi-elections-rti_in_5e44eafcc5b62b85f82eac4d</a></u></p></li></ol><p>On 69A, IT Act, 2000 </p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><u><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/dowry-calculator-satirical-website-block-delhi-high-court-centre-7921354/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indian